13 Most Anticipated 2021 Video Games Ranked - Did They Live Up To The Hype?

13. Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart

The lowest ranked game on this list, Ratchet & Clank fell victim to its own hype and a massively inflated price tag.

In the build-up to Rift Apart's release, Sony's marketing machine made a huge deal about the game's portal mechanic. Seemingly, the player could open up portals and warp between worlds at will, with no loading times. A great idea in concept, but the execution was disappointingly limited.

Players could only use portals in specific locations, a far cry from the freewheeling dimension-hopping promised in the trailers. Not only that, but in the months following the game's release Jon Burton, founder of Traveller's Tales game studio, claimed that the same trick could have been done on the PS3. Not exactly what Sony needed to hear when hyping the power of the PS5...

Putting that aside, Rift Apart was still a fun time. Ratchet & Clank games are always solid, competent platformers, and their PS5 debut was no exception. Sony may have vastly overestimated the game's worth by slapping it with a £70 price tag, but if you can get it for a reasonable amount (and go in with tempered expectations) then you'll definitely enjoy it.